cuttle

Meaning

Synonym of cuttlefish

Synonyms

cuttlefish

calamari

devilfish

octopus

🐙

sepia

squid

🦑

Translations

seiche

sèpia

Tintenfisch

seiches

Sepiida

sepiida

seppia

lolligo

inktvis

🦑

choco

sípia

sepiida

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkʌtəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: cutil

Inherited from Old English: cudele

Cognate with German: Kudele

Cognate with Norwegian: kaule

In summary

From Middle English cutil, codel, codul, from Old English cudele (“cuttlefish”), a diminutive from Proto-Germanic *kudilǭ, from Proto-Germanic *kuddô + -ilǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gewt- (“pouch, sack”), from *gew- (“to bend, bow, arch, vault, curve”). Equivalent to cod + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare dialectal German Kudele (“cuttlefish”), Norwegian kaule (“cuttlefish”).